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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Neural Tube Defects
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Defectos del Tubo Neural
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Defeitos do Tubo Neural
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Synonyms English:
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Craniorachischisis
Developmental Defects, Neural Tube
Diastematomyelia
Exencephaly
Myelodysplasia
Neurenteric Cyst
Spinal Cord Myelodysplasia
Tethered Cord Syndrome
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Tree Number:
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C10.500.680
C16.131.666.680
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Definition English:
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Congenital malformations of the central nervous system and adjacent structures related to defective neural tube closure during the first trimester of pregnancy generally occurring between days 18-29 of gestation. Ectodermal and mesodermal malformations (mainly involving the skull and vertebrae) may occur as a result of defects of neural tube closure. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch55, pp31-41) |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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do not confuse X ref MYELODYSPLASIA with MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES, a defect of bone marrow formation
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History Note English:
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1979; for DIASTEMATOMYELIA and TETHERED CORD SYNDROME use SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA 1991-1999; for NEURENTERIC CYST use SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA 1991-1999, use NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS 1979-1990
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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9629
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Unique Identifier:
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D009436
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